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i-MOHJ-ee/ɪˈməʊdʒi/

An emoji is a small picture you send in a message to show a feeling: a happy emoji, a sad emoji. Countable: an emoji, emojis. A photo is a real picture from a camera; an emoji is a simple face or object on the phone. Not an emotion (the feeling itself) — the emoji shows it.

Meaning

A small picture you send in a message to show a feeling.

Examples

• “She sent a happy emoji.”
• “Which emoji means thank you?”
• “He put a sun emoji in the text.”

Good to know

an emoji / emojis. On a phone message. Contrast: photo (camera), emotion (feeling).

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